diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index f715609..5a5a015 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -1047,6 +1047,18 @@ ssize_t cifs_file_copychunk_range(unsigned int xid,
 	return rc;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Directory operations under CIFS/SMB2/SMB3 are synchronous, so fsync()
+ * is a dummy operation.
+ */
+static int cifs_dir_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
+{
+	cifs_dbg(FYI, "Sync directory - name: %pD datasync: 0x%x\n",
+		 file, datasync);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static ssize_t cifs_copy_file_range(struct file *src_file, loff_t off,
 				struct file *dst_file, loff_t destoff,
 				size_t len, unsigned int flags)
@@ -1181,6 +1193,7 @@ const struct file_operations cifs_dir_ops = {
 	.copy_file_range = cifs_copy_file_range,
 	.clone_file_range = cifs_clone_file_range,
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
+	.fsync = cifs_dir_fsync,
 };
 
 static void